Anyone else using pistol micro red dots on PB guns?

[russc]

Thought this turned out pretty cool and wanted to share. Turns out they make fairly low profile 3/8" dovetail adapters for pistol micro red dots! With this offset feed SC body, I can keep my regular open sight picture most of the time, but the red dot is just a tilt away if I want to post up on someone. Since it's a microdot, it doesn't throw off balance or take up too much room.

At some point I'm going to try milling an RF cocker body for the Burris mount to get the sight line nice and low like you see on a milled slide.

[Socalpumpballer]

I’ve seen Jack wada use pistol micro dots. I prefer the look of a big ol Tasco red dot though

[Snowpuff]

I use 20$ China red dots my whole life. But... I been looking into a 2500$ piece.....you gotta see this thing.. it's like cheating

https://youtu.be/mgvHQUhK_NY?si=5hFNz5EWYnDeaS8W

[$L!mBo]

that thing is crazy cool

[Chuck E Ducky]

I want one of those for my Mini14!

[markdem]

I find enclosed red dots have greater elevation adjustment than open red dots. Just a little tip in case anyone is deciding which red dot to use

[Ecapnation]

A very fake one yes... It's a knock off but functional

[SignOfZeta]

Guys…it’s paintball. You don’t need a sight because you can literally throw a paintball the same distance as the gun does. The sight can’t be “like cheating” because sights don’t help at all compared to just practicing shooting by feel. Players who can shoot roundball properly will have the same accuracy as you with any sights in existence. Because it’s paintball. If you mount a paintball gun in a vice and cycle it a dozen times you’ll get a 12” spread from 100’ away…because it’s paintball. No amount of precision in a sight will make a wildly inaccurate gun shoot like a .22. It’s not happening. First Strike is different but .68 is always a game of skill+chance. At more than 100’ accuracy is even worse AND at that distance it’s possible to literally dodge rounds. How does a sight help with that?

I have tried them. I used to have the old Taso one. I have pretty much the exact sight you have but I’d never mount it that way because I don’t hold my gun sideways like a gangster. It works, yeah. Using a ruler to write my name works too but I don’t need it because I know how to write my name.

I have also the CCI ghost ring which is probably the perfect sight for paintball. (If mounted correctly) you simply look through the tube when aiming and anyone that you see through that as a higher probability of being hit than anyone else. The sight post inside shows the statistical hot spot but really it’s the tube aspect that really works.

Now, before I offend anyone’s worldview who chooses to identify as a lover of sites on paintball guns please understand that I’m not saying I’m so awesome I don’t need sites. I’m saying *you* don’t need them. Nobody does. Humans are great at tracking vectors. To catch a baseball you just …reach up and grab it. You don’t need an app or special glasses or anything. You just catch it, and throw it back. That’s how paintball works too. You’ll never do better with gadgets, only practice.

[Ecapnation]

Oh totally but sometimes it just looks cool ...

Am I using it to aim, no am I using it to make sure I'm actually pointing at what I'm shooting at with a short gun.... Yes

[Chuck E Ducky]

I point shoot everything if I’m aiming it’s all by feel. I like the look of them on some builds but the practical use of them. 🫤

[Cyberpyr8]

I had a laser mounted to my Tippmann Cronus at one point. Generally it didn't really do much for me but if I was pointing into a dark doorway I could at least know the vicinity I was pointing at. It did scare the noobs in the staging area as I would point it at their shirts before we started and go "Yup, the laser shows up great on your shirt!". But as far as accuracy goes, paintballs are too inaccurate to really have sights be of any real value. I laugh when the military or police guys show up at the field bragging how accurate they are with real steel. They quickly realize it doesn't translate to paintball.

But yes, yours does look really cool.

[russc]

Guys…it’s paintball. You don’t need a sight because you can literally throw a paintball the same distance as the gun does.

So, I think it's interesting that this has been an axiom in paintball for a long time, yet real steel pistol shooters have gradually moved towards using red dots more and more. At action bay distances they are shooting more or less at the same distances as we shoot (or closer), so the accuracy of the respective platforms is essentially a non issue. They are getting tangible improvement in first hit accuracy, and speed of acquisition, and I think that can translate over to our game in certain situations.

ECAP has a good point in his comment above that with short, unsupported guns (i.e. pistols) a sight actually starts to make sense. If you don't have the extra point of contact with a stock, you easily lose your frame of reference for aiming by feel. You'll see them on plenty of old head stockgun setups.

Also for what it's worth, I always kept my dot sights dialed in for about 25-30 feet distance. Close enough where the spread doesn't really kick in, and you can guarantee first shot hits on elbows, hoppers, and through gaps. I actually became a dot sight user way back when because I was a kid on a budget...I had $20 to play a day. $5 gas, $5 entry, $10 for 100 paintballs. With 100 paintballs per day, aiming by walking my shots in was out of the question.